More than 2,500 migrants arrived in El Paso, Texas, each day over the past week. This is what the US-Mexico border really looks like.
Dina Diaz; her husband, Carlos Pavón Flores; and their daughter, Esther, fled their home in Nicaragua because of gang violence. They are seeking asylum in the United States.Dina Diaz walked slowly behind her husband on the streets of El Paso, Texas, trying to hide her defeat and frustration from their children.
Leeser's comments and a visit from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to El Paso this week have reignited the debate over how authorities should respond to an expected influx of migrants with the lifting of Title 42, the Trump-era public health policy that allows federal immigration agents to swiftly expel migrants to Mexico or their home countries.
A man carries a boy before crossing the Rio Grande, which divides the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas. For the past week, Misael Aguilera has waited outside the Greyhound station hoping to embark on the final 8-hour bus drive that will reunite him with his brother in Central Texas. Aguilera, who used to work as a clinical nurse specialist in his native Cuba, keeps himself busy by keeping the makeshift camp outside the downtown bus station somewhat organized and clean. As some people leave on buses, he and others collect the larger blankets some leave behind and save them for those who may arrive at any given time.
And the 20-year-old, who used to spend his days solely cleaning and restocking shelves, might be the first El Paso resident who is not a government official that many migrants encounter. A few feet away from the store, dozens of people are camping on the sidewalk. In the past two months, the number of people in the area has increased considerably, he says. Some have been sleeping there for nearly a week while others arrived no more than a day ago.
Martin and his staff are among the dozens of people working for nonprofits, religious groups, immigrant advocates, and other groups that have stepped up to help migrants and are close to reaching their breaking point. Martin said migrants who come to the shelter don't want to stay in El Paso and staff members help them arrange travel. While the shelter doesn't cover the cost, it's a process that involves many calls to relatives across the country, bus companies and airlines, and navigating language barriers.
“We work with all without distinction,” said John Martin, the deputy director of the Opportunity Center for the Homeless.Shelters have reached capacity "You ask yourself why other people are crossing and you are not, why others have that opportunity and why there are people who waste their chances when there's people like us who are at risk," Matamoros says.
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